Thank you for sharing your heartfelt commentary with us; it is a beautiful tribute to the one and only Roy Clark. (I did not know this music video was played at his funeral. I had uploaded it on the day prior to his death, without knowing he was ill. Roy had just been on my mind. That was the power of Roy, right?) You are spot-on: there will never be another Roy Clark. Thanks again. ♥ Dee

You must hear him play 'Yesterday'

I live near Patricia Island, just down the road from Roy and had an opportunity to meet Mr. Clark once at the country club. Can I assume you also live near or in Grove?

That u can take to the bank. There will never b another lik6 Roy Clark. Bless him

Gee! You sound like a blessed 16 year old just sharing that. You must be a Historian or something. If your a musician "please" don't stop.

You got that right. He was incredible on any stringed instrument!

I completely agree. I haven't seen anyone who could best Roy on any instrument. The best part, though, is that Roy was unbelievably humble and never forgot where he came from. As someone who got to know him personally, he truly was one-of-a-kind.

@@joshuataylor6475 That’s very cool, I’m glad you were so blessed.

I don’t think he was under appreciated.

@@spades1080 Absolutely! If it had strings, he could make it sing! Saw him live in Vegas in about 1978 and was awed.

Charlie Daniels was that way also..anything with strings

He also had a great singing voice. ❤

And he always left you with goodness.

He once said that he could play anything with strings, except a pair of shoes. :)

@@GuantanamoBayBarbie2 Yesterday When I Was Young!

Thank you sir...

So jealous!

B. Sean Fairburn Your a very lucky man. I remember growing up and watching "Hee- Haw" and laughing with the whole family. Times have changed, but the memorys are still there. So is my laughter. Thanks for sharing.

Bless you, my son. Live long and prosper.

You ever notice. Great musicians. Close their or make faces. Frown...

I caught the 12 string as well. Incredible. Like his friend Glen Campbell they he truly masters the 12 string! This reminds me too of one of my favorite comments from Glenn: "Roy and I have an agreeement, I don't play Malaguena and he don't play the Wm Tell Overture!"

He is the MAN no matter how many strings he plays

Oh I saw it. 12 strings! Genius and such physical endurance!

Por mucho que me esfuerzo solo veo 6 cuerdas y 12 clavijas. He parado el vídeo varias veces, y solo hay 6. Minuto 4...

​@@josemariaarino854 I've owned and played 12 string guitars since I was a kid. A 12 string guitar has 6 rows of 2 strings spaced very close together. It's hard to see in this grainy video, but all twelve strings are definitely there. I can tell by the sound.

TolKOZAK He and Buck are picking and grinning once again.

Well said!

He was my favorite.

Well said

Thank you for your insightful comment! Glad you enjoyed Mr. Clark's performance with guitar!

I read an interview in Guitar Player magazine (decades ago), he said he always used a blue nylon Herco ultra thin pick. It was the thing flexible enough.

Sooo true! Well said!

Lmao that's hilarious!

The guitar didn't have the strength left to light the cigarette. It just rolled over and passed out!

Priceless.

Oui...

I believe the real quote, was that Eddie Van Halen was asked how it felt to be the world's greatest guitar player, and he said "I dont know, go ask Roy Clark".

Golden Boy:That’s that’s the way I Remember it too! From 66-yr.old-boy!Nice call!

Jbx 1967: your comment is appreciated! and also liked by me. Thank you .And thank you for letting Golden Boy shine!

Eddie was no dummy and, fortunately, was humble enough to recognize talent equal to or greater than his own on a technical level. Roy Clark was one example, Glenn Campbell was another. Eddie was great but, the greatest? Subjective, I suppose, and I certainly won't argue with you, but I can think of a few others within the rock genre that would certainly give him a run for his money. Peace!

@@apathyinc.7534 Lindsey Buckingham

My new # 1.. srv # 2

Or knew that he could SING.

Yes he had so much humor and he was so silly / funny! Not too many high-end smart musicians are at all very silly and funny. Roy was so cool and natural and not at all the stoic highly gifted musician. Just a very cool dude always. Most if not all gifted musicians are aloof and distant and actually creepy. Not at all with Roy Clark!

Class act

He always let the show guests he played with shine. 👍👍

I grew up on Hee Hawand I had no idea just how gifted of a musician he was. Bravo, Mr. Clark, er....Roy.

He also appeared on The Odd Couple once as a friend of Felix's. When Roy played that show, the rapt attention & admiration of both Jack Klugman and Tony Randall was perfectly clear. An amazing talent, that Mr. Roy Clark !!

I too grew up on Hee Haw and wow..I knew he was talented but this is mind blowing. Such talent!

True. I had no idea.

Mine as well. and such a great & dedicated entertainer, he always gave good vibes on stage.

Don’t forget Hank Garland.

Yes, and he always felt like an old and cherished friend when he came onstage.

Lightning fingers is not wrong. I think he still has the record for most notes played in a minute.

Totally agree

You said it all!! Amazing talent!!

I don't think that many people realized the talent this man had because of his comedy skits on HeeHaw

You can see the strenuous physical wear on his arms and wrists in his facial expressions... the man had to keep his mental drive focused 100%.... what a Blessing it was to grow up watching this talented musician.

Getting a flamenco sound with a flat pick just stuns me.

Thumbs down people. What idiots.

My uncles would say they were hillbillies (hunting, fishing, no indoor plumbing on the family farm in the 1930s). Later, one was an engineer in charge of safety on nuclear submarines, and the other was an economics professor (Ph.D.) You know, just your typical hillbillies.

That is so spot on true.

It’s just a ton of work for the right hand

Raw, real, amazing 🔥

Just pickin no grinnin

Nonsense. It really isn't that difficult for a musician of his caliber. It is not difficult for a musician of my caliber and I'm not nearly as good as Roy Clark.

Vic McLaglen decades

You give him what you want. The rest of us can give or not, according to what WE want.

Whatever Vee Dee

uhhh...years, Vic. Roy grew up playing...

Most people could spend that much time and never be that good. Some people just have it.

He was also a comedian played in the series ..HEE HAW back when.....

SF is a long way from Nashville & his hey day was prior to you until you were 23.

He is good in everything he does. Comedy, Banjo, Guitar and probably the Fiddle. You might wanna check out the Mission District. Specifically "Precita Park" where Latin Rock (not music) was born there.

In the 80s he had a TV show called ''Hee Haw'', if I am not mistaken, that could be watched in SF (as in South Florida) that my Dad loved, although I am sure he never saw his performing Lecuona's ''Malaguena''. Just imagine...

Hee Haw started in 1969. I used to watch it with my dad, and he passed in 1975. My family watched it a lot. I could watch reruns and still be entertained. Good music, good people good jokes and down home country dialogue - without cursing or putting anybody down. You could watch that show and laugh at yourself : because that's basically what they all did. Loved it!

A LOT OF TALENT BACK THEN

Me too, Hee Haw was distubingly SIMPLE...Yet netted and produced gobbs of talent(I was a rocker then) that was Overwelming to the point that everyone was impacted..And had to tip there hat!

Same here, Im blown away

Same

I had to watch hee haw as a kid because it was dad's favorite. I developed a crush on Roy Clark, but didn't truly appreciate how talented and awesome he was till a few years ago. This has been one of my favorite songs since high school when we played it in band and I learned to play it on the piano

Everyone in "the biz" knew him and sought him out. He was a humble man who managed his career to his expectations.

The thing about Clark was his hands were so fast. Literally faster than anyone. He may still hold the record for most notes played in a minute. I never heard that anyone ever topped him.

And to think he started out on an old cigar box with a mandolin neck with strings that his dad made for him when he was a young boy! It was meant to be!

He is not the least bit under rated by people who have heard of him. You should look into Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed too.

@@yzdirtbikes144 You think as a Roy Clark fan I havent heard of Chet Atkins or Jerry Reed?

I'm pretty sure there's a ton of guitar players on that audience, and believe me - they know. But it would have been great if Hee Haw featured his playing more!

we always watched Hee Haw when we were kids too, I showed mine when they were older and they loved it. My daughter asked him if he brought one of his dancing pigs with him, and he laughed and said something like 'now how do YOU know about those pigs. she said my mama hahaha

@@anitafloydsarratt7487 haha awesome

That’s cool!😁

While Roy was a ridiculous talent and an incredible showman, he was also one of the nicest guys out there. Never made fun of anyone but himself and gave so much of his fortune away to those in need. Truly traits to aspire to. Rare among superstars todY. Married over 60 years and was a dedicated husband and father. His self deprecating humor was even apparent on the David Letterman show when he showed the audience how he washed his car! It was silly, which was 100% Roy!

@Raphael Pecoraro 👍

@@supernova5107 120th like.

@@AgentRafa wow! We both know if this stays up long enough it'll end up at a hundred and twenty thousand likes.

Mario Gillette I grew up when he was huge. Believe me he got it back then and well deserved. Glad however that new folks discover him all the time. I miss Hee Haw!!

Finally? By the early 70's he was the highest paid country artist in the States. he was earning $7M per year. In 1970 dollars! Today that would equate to over $40M... Per year!

Whatever fortune he earned in life, he was worth every penny.

In the 70's, Every single red blooded American knew who Roy Clark was... and that he was one hell of a guitar player.

One tenth of one percent. Lol.

Great influence excellent performance

12 string, not 13 or 22.

Been a big fan since I was a kid.

Amen.

I sure do. At a minimum 2 times a month. Cheers fellas:-)

Absolutely!

0h yeah

and he doesnt need a double neck too!! Good catch!!

watch 12th street blues video of him from long ago tearing it up

@@kennethv5250 Excellent suggestion...had not seen or heard. Rare combination of technique, musicality and entertainment.

Gerald Welch When I was six years old I saw John Lennon playing a 12 string in the movie “Help!“ which my (much) older brother took me to see. On the way home, I told him that I wanted to be a guitar player. So, for Christmas that year (I had turned seven by then) my brother got me an Epiphone Texan 12 string! I still own that guitar as well as five others. It’s my only 12 string. When I got the guitar, my aunt who is also my godmother told me “now that you have a guitar I want you to learn a very special song. The name of the song is “Malagueña.” Well, at seven years old I’d never heard of it. It was the mid 60s and I grew up in Greenwich Village in New York City so that type of music didn’t really hit my radar. Years later I finally heard it and thought to myself “that old woman is crazy as hell if she thinks that I could ever play this song!” I did try and was able to get some of the chord progressions as well as a “tiny” bit of the finger-style part. I figured it was just impossible to play on a 12-(steel) string guitar. Then I saw Roy Clark do it. I was floored! I knew he was a great player, but I never thought he was THAT good! So glad I found this clip! ''¡Olé!”

John Denver played a 12 string as well

My late father said the same thing. We went to see him in the early 70's and like the dumb teenager I was I didn't appreciate is greatness at the time. I am certainly in awe now.

He could play over a dozen instruments, basically he was musical prodigy.

You clearly don't know anything about flamenco

He isn't playing flamenco. He is playing a classical flamenco piece, flat pick on a 12 string guitar with metal strings which is completely crazy.

I got em too ! Just amazing !

I too only knew Roy as a HeeHaw performer until I saw him on Johnny Carson. Carson asked him if he would play the Spanish guitar. Boy did he ever! Broke a string during the performance.